Live Performances Quotes by John Eaton

But nevertheless, it's music ultimately that matters in opera, and opera is a piece of music reaching out as a vision in sound reaching…

— John Eaton

It's not important to me to found a school; it's not important to me to have disciples.

— John Eaton

What's important for me is to communicate the vision that I have in sound with the audience that's hearing it.

— John Eaton

If you look at the timing of many of the Greek dramas from the theatrical point of view, it's all off, and I think…

— John Eaton

I think one of the greatest enemies in the use of technology, however, is the idea that if you use the technology you have…

— John Eaton

In other words, I think that if an audience listens to something as an experience of how in tune it is or something of…

— John Eaton

Well, let me, first of all, say, that as a microtonal composer, I've never been much of a theorist.

— John Eaton

I think the composer and production staff of an opera have a real responsibility to use visual elements of all kinds to make clear…

— John Eaton

I want the audience to be so involved in the sweep of the music.

— John Eaton

Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it.

— John Eaton

I think I was first to do live performances on a modern electronic sound synthesizer.

— John Eaton

The way that I got involved with microtonal music was, frankly, through jazz.

— John Eaton

We need it to capture the energy of contemporary life.

— John Eaton

We need to open up the future. We also need to keep everything valuable from the past.

— John Eaton

Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers.

— John Eaton